Safety-razor.



M. T. n c. T. HBH.. SAI'E'IY RAZOR. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21, 1908.

908,568. Patentd Ja11.5, 1909.

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UNITED .STATES PATENT oFFICE.

MALCOLM T. BEIL AND CLIFTON T. HEIL, F AILENT-OWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Ijatent.,

Patented Ian. 5, 190.9.

Application med zretmry 21,1908. sesamo. 417,142.

To all-'whom it may concern: A Be itknown that we, MALCOLM T. Han. and'CLIFroN T. Harn-citizens of the United -States, residing at Allentown, in the county *-of 'Lehi h and State of Pennsylvania, have invente -certain new and useful lm rovea specification.

#invention comprehends certain -new 19 4and lusi-jul improvements in safety razors,

and-the -inventlon has for its rimaryobj ect vvan improved device-of this c aracter which possess to a'marked degree the charac- 'teristics of simplicity and durability of construction, and eiiiciency of o eration, in that the blade and guard are o elongated Vdiamond shape detachably secured thereto and extending at lu? angles therewith,'the shape of the blade 20 ording a maximum shaving surface as fwellas affording-means whereby aneifective 'shearing cut may-be secured without changing-or adjusting the osition of the handle, whereby' a ortionl o the edge passing over ith'efface be followed by other portions of such edge in a shearing stroke, so as to prac- .tically go over the face a number oftimes cwith'thc one and same o eration, and whereby, -by a simple axia movement of the lhandle without any adjustment thereof, the said blade may be turned or Arocked on the iiiace l-from one edge to an adjacent edge forming an obtuse angle therewith, so as to effectivelychange -the position of the blade -in from one ortion of the face to another, aslfrom the c eek, around the cheek "'bonef to the neck, Without removing the razor 'from the face. Y

"Our invention also has for its object an 40 improved safety razorin which the parts are Y. rigidly, ftho h 'detachably connected toj ther in suc a manner that none of the as'teningmeans are exposed or inthe wdfjty, Y

which Vwill rmit the parts to be rea easily Vassembled without dank afireg .1m g any of the parts or of cutting "ide 'hand w1th .the blade in applying the 88h18. A Y

Y urther object of theinvention is a d e- 50 `A,vice-cf this character which is so arranged that any desiredthickns of blade may be emplo ed, from a wafer blade to a comparaeavy one, the blades being secured in place and held ina rigid position relative to rtion of the device.

invention has for its object an ents in Safety-Razors, of which the ollowwith a handle rigidly, thoughl improved construction of safety razor, which, owing to the shape of the blade and guard as above described, with its acute points renders it peculiarly adaptable for shaving certain parts of the face, such as under the nostrils and around'the ears and neck, which would be impossible with a safety razor of other shape. And a further object of the invention is-a device of this type provided with an `improved construction of strop device whereby a section of thehandle may be removed from the body ortion or guard and secured to a Ablade holder so that the blades jmay be resharpened by stropping or honing, and thereby increase their usefulness.

' With theseand other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations ofthe parts that we will hereinafter fully describe and then point out the novel features thereof in the appended claims.

vFor a i'ull understanding of the invention 80 and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved safety. razor; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the parts detached and in junta osition to each other; 'Fi 3 is a'longitudin sectional Aview through t e device; Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating. the handle and the blade holder connected together for use in re sharpening a blade; and, F ig. 5 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescriptlon and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same V reflngnee ,charactlrsd h l e erring to t e rawmg' t e numera 1 designates the body portion or guard plate of our device, the same being formed 1n its marn with guard teeth 2 of any desired num er, size as .to depth, or thickness, and shape. Rigidly and preferably permanently connected to the ard plate 1 is a hollow handle section 3, tg: said plate formed with an openingV communicating wit the interior of said section. The late 1 is formed on its upper or outer side wi two relatively short studs 4 upon opposite sides of and in alinement with the said opening that communicates withvthe handle section 3. These studs 41am designedto fit in ope 5 formed in the blade 6 which corresponl in f2 shape to the plate/1, although, manifestly,

being slightly smaller than said late, so that when it fits thereon and is held securely in place by.the studs4, the guard teeth 2 will project beyond the cutting edges of the blade to the proper extent. ln addition to. the openings 5, the blade 6 is formed with a relatively large opening 7 designed to register with the openi through the guard. 8 designates a cap p ate which also corresponds in shape to the guard plate 1 and blade 6, althoug relatively srna ler than the same and said ca plate is formed in its underside with two re atlvely shallow sockets 8a referably located in a concavity in the said ower face of the cap plate, as best illustrated in li'ig. 2. These sockets 8a' are designed to receive the ends, of the studs 4 when the cap plate is applied to the guard plate 1, so as to securely hold the interposed blade 6.

9 designates a stemv which is preferably rigidly secured to the cap plate 8 and which is designed to pass through the opening 7 in the blade and down into the hollow handle section 3. The stem 9 is formed with a threaded extremity 9a and is of such a length proportionate to the hollow handle section 3 that a portion of said threaded extremity 9a will protrude from the lower end of the handle section 3 when the blade and cap plate are in proper operative position, as illustrated in Fig. 3. v

In order to hold the ca plate in position to clamp the blade solid y upon the lane surface of the guard plate 1, we provi e ythe main hollow section 10 of the handle which is formed at one end with a slip socket 11 by which it may be readily slip ed over the reduced neck 3a formed on the ower end of the complementa handle section 3. At the base ofV this slip socket 11, the main handlev section 10 is internally threaded, as indicated at 12 (Fig. 3),-the said threads being def signed to engage with the threaded extremity 9a of the stem 9y so as to securely hold the parts together. lt is to be (particularly noted that when the parts are hel in position (see Fig. 3), none of the fastening means are exposed or in any wise in the way, and the blade 6, whether it be a wafer blade, or a thick blade, is held rigidly in an unflexed and plane condition by such fastening devices, down upon the guard plate l.

l 3 designates abl'ade holder which is formed with a lon itudinal slit 14 extending longitudinally thereof from one end and terminatin'g short of the other end. The last named end of the blade holder is reduced and threaded as indicated at 15, and is designed to fit in a plate.

body portion of the blade holder is designed to be screwed over the said end 16, so as to clamp a blade in the slit 14 after the blade holder has been ap lied to the handle section 10, so that the ho der and section together may serve as a convenient device for holding the blade in a position for stropping or honin the same.

rom the foregoingdescription in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that we have provided a very sim le, durable and eiiicient construction of sa ety razor; owing to the diamond-like formation of the guard plate and blade, a maximum cutting surface is afforded, while at the same time, a shearin cut may be secured without any necessity o adjusting the blade to different inclinations or ang es relative to the handle, the blade being at all times held in a plane ,at right angles to the length of the andle and being secured firmly in place by fastening means that are not exposed. The construction at the same time enables the parts to be readil detached one fromthe other and cleanse and as readily reassembled, it being only necessary, in assembling the parts, to hold the blade flat in the palml of one hand, without any danger of cutting ones hand and to then ap ly the guard plate by holdin it by its han e section 3 in the other han, so as to slip the studs 4 into the opening 5, whereupon the arts may be 1nverted and the blade caused to rest securely' on the upper surface ofthe guard plate 1, while the stem 9 is slip ed through the opening 7 and into the han e 3, so as to ap ly the cap plate 8, the main section 10 of the andle being then slipped over the neck 3 and secured to the extremity 9, in order to rigidly hold the parts together.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:-

1. A safety razor, comprising a guard plate formed on its upper side with studs, and an opening `between and in` alinement with said studs,- a hollow handle section secured to said plate in registry with said opening, a blade adapted to rest on said plate and .formed with openings adapted to receive...

said studs, and with an intermediate opening adapted to register with the o ening in the plate, and a cap 'plate Iadapte to rest upon the upper surfac'e of the plate and formed with sockets receiving the ends of said studs, said cap plate being provided with alstem designed to extend throu h the opening in the plate and through the ollow handle section and designed to hold the blade upon the guard plate, and a complementary handle section,`adapted to slip over the end of the first mentioned handle section and arranged for engagement with the said stem whereby to draw it firmlyupon the blade and4 clamp. the latter between the cap plate and guard 2. A safety razor, comprising a guard plate formed on its upper side with studs, a perforated blade arranged to rest upon said guard plate, with the studs passing through the perforations, a cap plate adapted to rest upon theblade and formed in its lower face with sockets terminating short of the upper face of the cap plate, and receiving the studs, means for clamping the cap plate upon the blade, and a handle.

3. A- safety razor comprising a guard plate, a blade ada ted to rest upon said guard plate, a cap ate adapted to rest upon the blade, a han e section secured to said.

guard plate, a stem secured to the oap plate and plate and through thehandle section with a passing through the blade and guard.

lower threaded extremity rotruding from the lower end of the han le section, said handle section being provided at its lower end with a reduced neck anda com lementary handle section provided Wit Aa slip soc iet by which it is adapted to be slip ed over the reduced neck, and formed be ow said socket with interior threads designed to engage the threaded extremity of the stem" as and for the pu ose set forth. l

In testimony w ereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

MALCOLM T. HEIL. [L. s] CLIFTONl T. HEIL. [L. s.] Witnesses:

W.`N. WooDsoN,

FREDERICK S. STI'r'r. 

